Feb 16 Watch 6:19 How’s the revolution going? Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef answers (satirically) By PBS News Hour Last week Egypt marked the five-year anniversary of the revolution that overthrew President Hosni Mubarak. But the road forward has been slow and tumultuous. Jeffrey Brown talks to Bassem Youssef, the political satirist some call the "Jon Stewart of Egypt,”… Continue watching
Feb 16 Former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros-Ghali dies at age 93 By News Desk Boutros Boutros-Ghali, an Egyptian diplomat who served as the sixth U.N. secretary-general, died on Tuesday. He was 93. Continue reading
Feb 13 Student tortured, killed in Egypt given funeral in Italy By Daniel Costa-Roberts Flags flew at half staff Friday in the Italian town of Fiumicello, where hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of an Italian student whose body was found on the outskirts of Cairo early this month. Continue reading
Feb 12 Watch 9:32 Can Egyptian women start a revolution against sexual violence? By PBS News Hour In Tahrir Square, the center of the Egyptian revolution five years ago, women safely joined men to protest for a new future. But that moment soon ended; hundreds, even thousands of female protesters were sexually assaulted. In some cases, activists… Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch 7:52 Has justice taken a backseat to civil order in Egypt’s courts? By PBS News Hour Egypt’s judiciary, once renowned as fiercely independent, now faces criticism for the harsh and lengthy imprisonment of political prisoners under the leadership of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Special correspondent Nick Schifrin talks with one family who have tirelessly fought for… Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch 11:05 Egypt’s opposition forcibly muted five years since revolution By PBS News Hour Five years after the revolution that toppled the government, Egypt has yet to achieve the movement’s democratic ideals. But there are no more protests because protests are illegal. Freedom of speech curtailed, McCarthy-esque fear pervades under President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, with… Continue watching
Feb 09 Report: Genital mutilation affects at least 200 million women By Dominique Bonessi At least 200 million women and girls in 30 countries have undergone female genital mutilation, with 70 million more woman affected by the procedure than previously thought in 2014. Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch 4:32 5 years since uprising, Egyptian opposition demoralized by crackdown By PBS News Hour It's been a tumultuous five years since Egyptians took to the street in mass protest. Now Egyptians are marking a somber and tense anniversary of a day that led to the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, the election and then military-led… Continue watching
Dec 18 Here’s what happens when you try to bodypaint at the pyramids By Trina Merry I created a bodypaint series from around the world where I paint models into the surrounding scenery, juxtaposing the hard lines of architecture against the soft flesh of the body. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch News Wrap: Egyptian assessment doesn’t call Russian jet crash terror attack By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, Egyptian investigators say the crash of a Russian passenger get can't be called terrorism yet, despite Russian, American and British statements that a bomb was probably to blame. Also, President Obama insisted that coalition forces… Continue watching